Armando Rafael is a New York & European based photographer specializing in food, travel, intimate interiors & creatives.

His relationships with the farmers and craftsmen of his family’s native Portugal are his inspiration to strive in capturing the intense beauty and physicality of the natural world. Each image is an attempt to connect the viewer with each of our sense experiences in order to bring the subject to full expression.

Through his collaboration with clients such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Hellman’s, SKYY Vodka, Food Network, Jewish Food Society, Martha Stewart Living, and Travel + Leisure, to name a few. Armando consistently brings his technical expertise, practical knowledge, and creative insight to each and every project.

Client List Includes:
Allure Magazine - Korea
America’s Test Kitchen
Apartment Therapy
BCM&T
Bulldog Gin
Boar’s Head
Cosmic Crisp Apples
Culture Magazine
Equinox
Food Network
Food 52
Frena Restaurant
Freshly
Half Moon Resort
Hart Howerton
Hearst
Hellman’s
Holiday Express
Hotel Dena
IHG Hotel Indigo
Il Buco
INNSide New York NoMad
Jewish Food Society
Kossar’s
LAFCO
Lexus
Lidia Celebrates America
Lidia’s Italy at Home Magazine
Local Roots
Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Nalata Nalata
Naturally, Danny Seo Magazine
Organic Life Magazine
Penguin Random House
Pinhais & Companhia
Polonio
Prevention Magazine
Rachael Ray Every Day Magazine
SKYY Vodka
The New York Times
The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park
The Wall Street Journal
Travel + Leisure Magazine
Weight Watchers Magazine
Wunderman Thompson

Cookbooks:
The Chopped Cookbook
Naturally, Delicious
Lidia’s A Pot, A Pan, and a Bowl
Lidia’s From Our Family Table to Yours
Gaby’s Latin American Kitchen